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Debate intensifies over using reprocessed spent nuclear fuel in small modular reactors

Mark Lowey
April 12, 2023

Opponents and proponents are deeply divided over the use of reprocessed spent nuclear fuel in new small modular reactors, but a new federal nuclear waste policy doe not address the issue.

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Organizations:	ARC Clean Energy Technology Canada Inc., Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Canadian Nuclear Association, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, Government of Alberta, Government of Canada, Government of New Brunswick, International Atomic Energy Agency, Invest Alberta Corporation, Moltex Energy, Natural Resources Canada, Princeton University, South Korea Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, Transition Accelerator, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. government, U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Union of Concerned Scientists, University of British Columbia, and University of Toronto
People:	Dr. Allison Macfarlane, PhD, Dr. Frank von Hippel, PhD, Dr. M. V. Ramana, PhD, Dr. Peter Ottensmeyer, PhD, Gordon Edwards, John Gorman, Jungmin Kang, Justin Hannah, Rory O'Sullivan, and Theresa McClenaghan
Topics:	benefits and risks of reprocessing, CANDU reactors, commercial nuclear power plants, deep geological repository for nuclear waste, economics of reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, federal Policy for Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning, federal support for R&D on reprocessing, medical nuclear imaging isotopes, nuclear accidents at Chalk River, nuclear fuel cycles and technology options, nuclear waste, nuclear weapons proliferation, reducing carbon emissions to net zero, reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, small modular nuclear reactors, Strategic Innovation Fund, and uranium for nuclear fuel

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